The papers relate to Admiral Barrie's career in the Vancouver expedition,
1791-1795; the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars; the War of
1812; and his service as naval commissioner in Canada, 1819-1834.
Included is a small group of material relating to the 31st Regiment
of Foot in Florida and Britain during the 1760s and 1770s when the
Admiral's father, Dr. Robert Barrie, was surgeon's mate. A selective
subject index is filed with the collection.

There are sustained exchanges of letters with William Hayes Ward, editor of
The Brooklyn Independent Washingtons, Kings, Brownes, and
Lawrences for the period from the American Revolution to the Civil
War. There are also copies of letters and documents from the Lyman C.
Draper manuscripts at the University of Wisconsin. Essentially, they
are the papers of three brothers, George Michael Bedinger
(1756-1843), Henry Bedinger II (1753-1843), and Daniel Bedinger
(1761-1818), and their descendents and connections. Among the many
subjects discussed are Indian warfare and conditions on the Virginia
frontier; descriptions of the events of the Revolution, including the
Battle of Brandywine, Sept. 11, 1777; trading in salt and fur;
experiences of Americans held prisoner by the British during the
Revolution; and extensive comments on politics through 1860,
particularly on the opposition to Federalism and the early
Democratic-Republican Party.

James Belcher Papers, 1782. 2 items. Savannah, Ga.

Documents concerning the reimbursement of James Belcher, a Loyalist, for losses
sustained when the British evacuated Savannah. Included also is one
document signed by General Anthony Wayne.

A letter from Thomas Burke (ca. 1747-1783) to Richard Henry Lee
concerning the movement of Virginia Tories, and a letter from Burke,
probably to Edmund Pendleton, complaining of the neglect he has
suffered at the hands of the governor of North Carolina.

The Campbell Family Papers, 1731-1969. 8,334 items and 37 vols.

Family, business, and political correspondence of David Campbell (1779-1859),
governor of Virginia, 1837-1840, lieutenant colonel in the War of
1812, major general in the state militia west of Blue Ridge
mountains; and of William Bowen Campbell (1807-1867), governor of
Tennessee, 1847-1848, and member of U.S. Congress, 1837-1843,
1865-1866; and of their families, friends, and political associates.

Correspondence of the Clark family and related families in Virginia and Georgia. The
early letters from Virginia deal with family matters, social life,
farming, commerce, politics, and the Revolution.

Joseph Clay Papers, 1767-1800. 9 items.

Merchant, Revolutionary officer, and member of the Continental Congress; from
Savannah, Ga. Legal and business papers of Joseph Clay, Sr., including a volume of
depositions made before Clay, as senior assistant judge of Chatham
County, Ga., by several mariners from the brigantine Bachelor,
commanded by Robert Etherington, concerning charges that the
brigantine was supplying aid to British troops at Charleston, S.C.

Samuel Cooper Papers, 1718-1798. 324 items. Boston, Mass.

The items forming this collection are photocopies of papers and letters
held principally in the New York Public Library and the Henry E.
Huntington Library. The collection contains a number of Cooper's
sermons and a portion of his correspondence, almost exclusively from
the period of the Revolutionary War, including exchanges of letters
with Samuel Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Arthur Lee, John Hancock, and
several prominent Frenchmen interested in the American cause.
Miscellaneous items include a proclamation from Count d'Estaing
urging Frenchmen in the new American states to support the
Revolution, 1778, and an essay encouraging the Canadian colonies to
join the Revolution, [1780?]. Copies of Cooper's diary cover portions
of 1764, 1769, 1775, and 1776.

Correspondence of Isaac Davis, Jr., and of his son, Thomas Davis, concerning land in
Kentucky, Indian wars and war with Great Britain, 1790-1828; lawsuit
of Thomas Davis against Robert Wickliffe; election of James Barbour
to the Virginia House of Delegates; Thomas Davis's plantation and
purchase of horses; politics; and William Smith, governor of
Virginia. Among the correspondents are Robert H. Banks, James
Barbour, Isaac Davis, Jr., Thomas Davis, William Fitzhugh Gordon,
Enoch Smith, and Robert Wickliffe.

Letter book of a mercantile firm trading in agricultural products and
manufactured goods with England, Spain, Portugal, the Madeira
Islands, and the West Indies. The correspondence is primarily
business, giving detailed marketing information on the goods in which
the firm dealt and discussing economic conditions before and during
the Revolution. The letters reflect the coming of the Revolution,
particularly in the description of the burning of a company ship, the
Peggy Stewart, and its cargo of tea in 1774 and in the
opposing loyalist and patriot sympathies of the two partners.

Correspondence and documents of Henry Dundas, First Viscount Melville (1742-1811),
Secretary of State for War, 1794-1801, and First Lord of the
Admiralty, 1804-1805, concerning the defenses of England and
Scotland; recruitment and other matters related to the militia,
volunteers, fencibles, and the regular army; and the strength and
disposition of British troops, principally land forces, on the
continent and in the colonies.

Samuel Elbert Papers, 1769-1788. 43 items.

Personal and legal papers
including deeds; certificates for land bounties; an inventory of the
estate of Peter Stedler, 1772; and a letter from Leonard Marbury,
1779, discussing the British defeat at Bryan Creek Bridge, Ga. Also
an account book kept by Elbert from 1776 to 1788 which includes
accounts of the 2nd Battalion of the State of Georgia, 1776-1777,
plantation records, and Elbert's personal accounts.

Papers of Edmund Fanning (1737-1818), American loyalist, governor of Nova
Scotia and of Prince Edward Island, and general in the British Army,
pertaining to accounts and vouchers for the garrison of Prince Edward
Island Fencibles. Included are references to the Board of
Commissioners for Auditing Public Accounts, and personal financial
sacrifices during his term of office.

William Few Papers, 1779-1809. 17 items. New York and Georgia.

Letters of William Few (1748-1828), statesman, Revolutionary soldier, and
banker, concerning the Creek Indians in Georgia, the location of the
national capital, and routine business matters; letters from Benjamin
Few concerning militia activities during the Revolutionary War and
the Creeks; and a summons, an indenture, and a bill of sale for
seventy slaves, of Ignatius Few.

James Fraser Papers, 1779-1789. 1 vol. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Copies of deeds, affidavits, a bill of sale for Negroes, inventories of real
and personal property, and a catalog of books of the property of a
Presbyterian clergyman of Hillsborough, North Carolina, who fled as a
Loyalist to New Brunswick and later to Halifax during the American
Revolution. Fraser's Hillsborough estate, "Hartford," was
used by Cornwallis as British headquarters in Hillsborough and later
occupied and, according to Fraser, damaged by American troops.

James Gadsden Papers, 1777-1856. 32 items. Charleston, S.C.

Papers of the family of Gadsden (1788-1858), Florida planter, member of
legislative council of Florida Territory, and minister to Mexico in
1853. Included are references to British strategy during the
Revolutionary War and the defenses of Charleston, 1777.

Letter to George Sackville Germain, First Viscount Sackville (1716-1785), as
British secretary of state for the colonies, from Sir Henry Clinton,
then commander of the British forces in the United States, discussing
the unsuccessful siege of Savannah by French and American forces, the
loss of the British warship Experiment, and the reinforcement
of the Bermuda garrison. Accompanying the letter was a list of
enclosures, which are not included in the collection.

Gibbons Family Correspondence, 1758-1814. 671 items.

Correspondence of John Gibbons (d.1770), businessman, lawyer, and planter of Charleston,
S.C., and Savannah, Ga., and of his family. Includes information on
South Carolina shipping and the sale of prizes of war (1776 and
after), land speculation and settlement in Georgia, American
prisoners of war during the Revolution, Georgia finance, taxation,
politics, and government, Federalism in Savannah during the 1790s,
and naval action off the Georgia coast during the War of 1812.

Correspondence of a wealthy rice planter and justice of the peace, William Gibbons,
Jr., and his family, including his father, William Gibbons, Sr., and
his uncle, Joseph Gibbons. The papers of William Gibbons, Sr., and
Joseph Gibbons begin in the 1750s and describe life on some of the
early large plantations in Georgia. The letters and papers of William
Gibbons, Jr., provide more material on plantation life and the
management of slaves and land and also contain bills and receipts for
goods sold to American troops during the Revolution.

A chronological file contains miscellaneous orders, commissions, and
letters, including a letter of William Amherst, 1775; a letter, 1866,
of General Sir John Fox Burgoyne evaluating the economic prospects of
the United States and the "imperialistic" temper of its
government; a letter, 1801, of Lord Colville reporting the seizure of
American and Danish vessels; a letter of Sir Thomas Fraser (b. 1840);
eleven items, 1822-1846, of Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch; a letter,
1830, of Rowland Hill, First Viscount Hill; letters, 2 items, 1782,
of General Alexander Leslie, reporting from Charleston, South
Carolina, and discussing the military conditions in the Southern
colonies; a letter from General Charles O'Hara, 1781, from camp near
Wilmington, North Carolina, describing the campaigns and the
condition of his brigade following the battle of Guilford Courthouse;
and a commission of James Reynell. An anonymous volume, 25 pp., late
18th - early 19th centuries, contains
exercises and field regulations for infantry. There is also a large
amount of routine official correspondence and reports of the
quartermaster general's office, requesting routes for military travel
within Great Britain, concerning commissary supplies and related
matters, and reporting on the quartering of units; and there are
routine correspondence and reports of the paymaster general
consisting of directives from the treasury, cost estimates, and forms
for disbursement of funds.

Papers of Nathanael Greene (1742-1786), Revolutionary War general, include
reports, requisitions, and correspondence pertaining to the
quartermaster department of the Continental Army while Greene was
quartermaster general, 1778-1780; papers concerning the war in South
Carolina and Georgia during Greene's term as commander of the troops
in the Southern states, 1780-1783, covering matters such as the
battles at Ninety Six, South Carolina, and Augusta, Georgia,
conflicts between civilian and military authorities, problems over
the relationship of the militia, the state troops and the Continental
Army, supplies, and the sustaining of the military effort after the
surrender at Yorktown; and papers, 1783-1786, pertaining to Greene's
business affairs and to the relationship of Georgia to the British
and Spanish inhabitants of Florida.

Letters and papers of George Handley, soldier in the American Revolution and
governor of Georgia, concerning routine military matters; letter from
General Elijah Clark, 1788, requesting state troops for Franklin
County, Georgia, to protect people while gathering their crops; and
extracts from the minutes of meetings of the Executive Council of
Georgia, 1785.

Papers of William Heath, general in the Continental Army during the American
Revolution, and of Joseph Curtis, large landowner in Roxbury, related
by marriage. Heath papers include a record of water rights obtained
by William Heath's father or grandfather, copy of a letter to Heath
by George Washington discussing U.S. relations with France, copy of
Heath's will, and items relating to property owned by Heath's
daughter, Sarah (Heath) Gardner. Curtis papers are concerned mainly
with the disposition of his estate, including two land indentures and
his will.

Patrick Henry Papers. 11 items.

Patriot and statesman, from Hanover Co., Va. Miscellaneous papers including commissions; land
grants; a letter from David Mason discussing the progress of his
march to South Carolina and the men and supplies under his command; a
circular letter to the members of the Pittsylvania County (Va.)
county court, concerning the administration of taxes and pensions in
Virginia; a printed letter from Henry (1736-1799) listing the duties
of a lieutenant in raising and provisioning his troops; a clipping
comparing Henry and Thomas Jefferson; and a clipping, 1897,
describing Henry's burial place and relics of Henry's that were owned
by his grandson, William Wirt Henry.

Letters, papers, and mercantile records of John Hook (1745-1808), wealthy
Scottish merchant and Tory; of the mercantile firm of Bowker Preston,
Hook's son-in-law, and Smithson H. Davis at Goose Creek, Bedford
County, Virginia; and of a similar firm of Asa, Smithson H., and
Alexander G. Holland and John D. Booth at Haleeford and Germantown,
both in Franklin County, the Holland family apparently being
connected with the Hook family by marriage. The majority of these
papers are business records. Others relate to sequestration
proceedings brought against him by David Ross, his partner in
business from 1771 until after the Revolution. Other letters discuss
the Revolutionary War, fugitive slaves, and prominent political
figures. Included also are papers concerning Hook's troubles with the
Bedford County Committee of Safety, and two letter books. The papers
connected with the Committee of Safety consist of a summons, a rough
draft of Hook's reply, his discharge from jail, his oath of
allegiance, and others of a similar nature, all bearing on an
accusation that Hook had disseminated pamphlets antagonistic to the
American cause.

Letter from W. C. Houston (1746-1788), professor of mathematics and natural
philosophy at the College of New Jersey, to James Ewing about raising
troops, supplies, and money for the Revolutionary forces.

Richard Hutson Papers, 1776. 2 items. Charleston, S.C.

Copies of letters of Richard Hutson (1748-1795), lawyer and Revolutionary
patriot, describing the arrival of the British fleet at the
Charleston bar, the British attack, the bombardment of Sullivan's
Island, the American defense, and the repulse of the British troops.

Family, personal, political, public, and legal papers of James Iredell, Sr.
(1751-1799), statesman and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme
Court; of his wife, Hannah (Johnston) Iredell; and of their son,
James Iredell, Jr. (1788-1853), governor of North Carolina, 1827,
U.S. senator, 1828-1831, and attorney. The papers of James Iredell,
Sr., concern the Revolutionary War, state and national politics, his
duties as Supreme Court justice, and family matters. Included are
letters discussing independence versus loyalty to Great Britain;
British colonial policy; the operation of the war, both militarily
and politically; state financial difficulties; peace treaty with
Great Britain; various political pamphlets published 1783-1784; North
Carolina politics; formulation and ratification of the Constitution;
Federalists versus AntiFederalists in North Carolina; amendments to
the Constitution; funding of the national debt and assumption of the
state debt; cession of western lands to the Federal government;
relations between Great Britain and the United States; the regulation
of the slave trade; the establishment of the University of North
Carolina; Iredell's duties as Supreme Court Justice and his
assignment to the Southern circuit; U.S. negotiations with the Creek
Indians; the Whiskey Rebellion; yellow fever epidemics in
Philadelphia, 1793 and 1797-1798; the presidential campaign of 1796;
and disunionist sentiment in Virginia, 1799. There is also
correspondence from friends and relatives in England and Ireland,
especially from his cousin Margaret Macartney giving accounts of her
travels in England and Ireland in the 1770s, and from Henry Eustace
McCulloh, a relative of Iredell and large landholder in North
Carolina, concerning people and events in North Carolina, and on
McCulloh's efforts to obtain titles to his North Carolina lands and
the unfair character of the Confiscation Act.

Other papers include bills and receipts; legal notes and reports of James
Iredell, Sr., and James Iredell, Jr. land deeds and indentures;
commissions of office; drafts of political pamphlets of James
Iredell, Sr., including an address to George III giving reasons why
Iredell and other British-born Americans feel compelled to renounce
their allegiance to the crown, and a letter "To The Public"
upholding the right of judicial review.

Ralph Izard Papers, 1775-1821. 5 items. Charleston, S.C.

Papers of Ralph Izard (1742-1804), delegate to the Continental Congress,
1782-1783, and U.S. senator from South Carolina, 1789-1795, include a
letter, 1775, from Izard to Arthur Lee describing affairs in the
colonies and Sir James Wright, governor of Georgia; a letter
concerning payment of a debt of his son, George Izard; and a
testimonial letter of Governor William Moultrie and two certificates
proving that Izard was a member of the South Carolina legislature at
the time his property was sold during the American Revolution as
British property.

Papers of John Jacob include a letter by him from Hillsborough, North
Carolina, describing a battle with the British during the
Revolutionary War.

Thomas Stinson Jarvis Papers, 1905. 1 item.
This 95-page typescript document recounts the memoirs of Colonel Stephen
Jarvis for the years 1775-1828. Jarvis was a Loyalist who fought in
the American Revolution and afterwards fled to Canada. He mentions a
battle against Indians in New England in 1778, as well as Native
American smugglers and guides in upper state New York and Canada.

The papers of Ephraim Kirby (1757-1804), Revolutionary soldier, lawyer,
state legislator, and land speculator, consist of correspondence,
broadsides, legal papers, bills and receipts pertaining to the
Revolutionary War, early settlements west of the Alleghenies and
Alabama, land speculation, internal improvements, and politics.
Revolutionary War letters describe life in the Continental Army,
morale, equipment and confusion in the quartermaster department,
military engagements including the battle of Germantown and the
surrender of Cornwallis, and the conduct of General Oliver Wolcott.
Political correspondence concerns the government of the United States
under the Articles of Confederation, the ratification of the
Constitution, foreign relations with Great Britain especially
involving the British-held western posts and a commercial treaty, the
Citizen Genet affair, James Madison's resolutions regarding trade and
navigation, proposal to arm frigates against Algiers, Jay's Treaty,
Whiskey Rebellion, the need for taxation for revenue, the
presidential campaigns of 1796 and 1800, and the use of political
patronage.

Robert Lawson Papers, 1776-1825 (bulk 1781). 40 items. Richmond, Va.

Correspondence and papers of Robert Lawson (d. ca. 1802), brigadier general of the
Virginia Militia during the American Revolution. Chiefly letters to
Lawson concerning the raising, reenforcement, and movement of troops
in Virginia and North Carolina in 1781. Several concern Lawson's
possible reenforcement of Nathaniel Greene's troops. Correspondents
include Thomas Jefferson, Baron Von Steuben, John P. Muhlenberg, and
Richard Henry Lee. Also an account book (1776, Sept.-Dec.) relating
to Lawson's service with the 4th Virginia Battalion.,
military commissions, letters of introduction (1787) for Lawson from
George Mason and Henry Lee to Pierce Butler, Charles Pinckney, and
William Few.

Papers, largely letters and reports to Lincoln, relating to his command of
American troops in the Southern Department during the Revolutionary
War. Writers include John Houstoun on the fall of Savannah, December
29, 1778; Andrew Williamson on funds for pay of the Georgia militia
and a proposed truce in northern and central Georgia, April 9, 1779;
Casimir Pulaski on British troop movements around Charleston, May 15,
1779; Lincoln on disposition of the spoils of war, Sept. 23, 1779;
John Wereat on civil government in Georgia, August 18, 1779; Count
d'Estaing on plans for the siege of Savannah, September 14, 1779;
Lachlan McIntosh on political divisions among Georgia troops,
December 11, 1779; Francis Marion on the military situation 'in
Savannah, January 31, 1780; Andrew Williamson on Spanish activities
at Pensacola and Mobile, 1780; and John Rutledge on the locations of
troops defending South Carolina, ApriI 25, 1780. There is one
certificate, 1804, signed by Lincoln as collector of the Port of
Boston. The library also holds microfilm, 13 reels and index, of
Benjamin Lincoln papers owned by the Massachusetts Historical
Society.

Papers of Louis Manigault and the Manigault family contain a few letters of
Joseph Manigault, loyalist living in England during the American
Revolution, to his father in America describing his activities and
the difficulties of his position, letters, 1802-1808, to Gabriel
Manigault from the children of Ralph Izard, his father-in-law,
commenting on a drought in Virginia, 1806, criticizing the people of
the South Carolina up-country, 1808, and discussing the effect of the
embargo on Charleston, 1809, and letters, 1808-1824, from Margaret
(Izard) Manigault to her family concerning family affairs and
describing the life of the upper class in Charleston, South Carolina,
and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Miscellaneous papers including letters from George Washington, Lafayette, Charles
Cotesworth Pinckney, and P. G. T. Beauregard; a memorandum of
articles taken by the British from John Chesnut during the American
Revolution; a letter, 1854, to Manning from Lemuel Blake concerning a
textbook on the United States Constitution; and a letter from
Benjamin Harris Brewster of Philadelphia discussing Democratic
politics in Pennsylvania and the state delegation to the forthcoming
Charleston convention.

The papers of Henry McCulloh (ca. 1700-ca. 1779) consist of a deed, 1745,
granting land in North Carolina to McCulloh, with notes on the back
relating to the payment of quitrents and forfeiture of the land some
twenty years later; a copy of the proposed stamp duties on the
American colonies as formulated by Mcculloh; copies of minutes of a
conference with McCulloh concerning the stamp duties; and three
essays. One essay relates to his service from 1739 to 1745 as
Inspector for Improving the Quit Rents for North and South Carolina,
and contains general proposals and complaints concerning the
inefficiency of colonial administration, and pleas for his salary. A
Miscellaneous Essay with Respect to Our Great Boards, to the
Exchequer and to America (1762) proposes and discusses various
administrative reforms for the British government, including colonial
administration. McCulloh discusses the theory and practice of the
royal government and reviews its organization since the reign of
Queen Elizabeth I in "A Treatise Endeavouring to Demonstrate
That Let Who Will Be Entrusted with the Direction or Management of
Our Publick Concerns, They Will Be Liable to an Infinite Number of
Misstakes and Inadvertencies in the Whole of Their Conduct Unless
They Restore the Ancient System of Our Publick Boards, On the Doing
of Which the Dignity and Safety of This Crown and Kingdom, Seem in a
Great Measure to Depend."

A letter by Montagu (1718-1792), First Lord of the Admiralty, December
30, 1775, analyzing the military situation in America and blaming
British losses on a refusal to use force rather than conciliatory
measures.

North Carolina State Papers, 1788-1789. 31 items.

Manuscripts concern the ratification of the Constitution of the United States by
the State of North Carolina. These include 26 oversized items, the
original petitions from a number of North Carolina counties stating
reasons for ratification, the chief of which appear to be weariness
of anarchy and miserable misgovernment, the fact that eleven states
had accepted the new plan, and the desire to participate in the
benefits derived from union.

A letter of 1781 concerning supplies for South Carolina troops
commanded by Pickens during the American Revolution; and a letter of
1803 from Virgil Maxcy concerning personal affairs and praising the
town of Beaufort, South Carolina.

Correspondence largely of William Pitt (1759-1806), British statesman and prime
minister, second son of William Pitt (1708-1778), First Earl of
Chatham. Topics include foreign affairs; elections; tithes; the
careers in government and politics of William Pitt and his brother
John; the War of the American Revolution; the illness of George III;
the wars of the French Revolution; the views of Hugues Maret
concerning French-English relations, 1792; parliamentary affairs; and
the supply of corn in England, 1795. Letters from Pitt and members
of his family are chiefly to Sir James Bland Burges, under secretary
of state in the foreign department; James Grenville, brother of Lady
Chatham, and Grenville's son, Baron Glastonbury; George Rose,
secretary of the treasury; Granville Leveson-Gower, First Marquis of
Stafford, Lord Privy Seal; the Earl of Westmorland. Other authors
include William Pitt (1708-1778), First Earl of Chatham; Richard
Howe, First Lord of the Admiralty; John Pitt, Second Earl of Chatham;
James Charles Pitt; Robert Smith, First Baron Carrington; and Arthur
Philip Stanhope, Sixth Earl Stanhope.

Papers of William Potts and William Potts II, their associates, family, and
friends concern personal and family matters; and opinions about the
relations between Great Britain and her American colonies in the
1760s a mercantile business in Baltimore in the 1770s.

Professional and family correspondence and papers of two generations of the
Purviance family and several generations of the Courtenay family. The
early papers relate chiefly to Samuel Purviance (d. 1787), Baltimore
merchant, and chairman of the Committee of Observation for Baltimore
County, and consist of records of the interrogation of Purviance by
the Council of Safety for the failure of a plan by the Committee of
Observation to capture Maryland governor Robert Eden; and
correspondence discussing British depredations on American shipping,
the extension of the Mason-Dixon line. Items of a more personal
nature include papers relating to the financial affairs of his
sister, Elizabeth Isabella Purviance, and the claims of her guardian,
David Stewart, against the British government for capture of his
vessels; and a commonplace book, 1781, containing extracts from a
tour through Great Britain. Volumes include a mercantile ledger,
1781-1816, of Hercules Courtenay containing accounts of food
products, tar, rum, ginseng, ships and shipping ventures, and
insurance; and a list of American vessels destroyed by the British.

Jacob Read Papers, 1778-1821. 36 items. Charleston, S.C.

The papers of Jacob Read (1752-1816), brigadier general in the South
Carolina militia, U.S. senator, 1795-1801, and Revolutionary patriot,
consist of a deposition, signed by Read in 1790, concerning the
ownership of a slave in possession of Richard Cureton, who refused to
deliver him to Read's representative, George Dykes; commission of
dower, 1794, to Ann Lord, widow of Andrew Lord; a letter from J.
Alison, regarding a falsely reported uprising among the Negroes,
1797; a letter from J. Dickinson, regarding orders for the review of
the brigade, 1806; a letter from Paul Hamilton, mentioning a
commission for one Captain Rouark; comments on Alexander Gillon; and
numerous letters concerning the business of Peter Hasenclever,
Prussian iron manufacturer, who was involved in extensive litigation
in the United States with Read as his attorney.

Enos Reeves Papers, 1780-1781. 3 vols. Charleston, S.C.

The papers of Enos Reeves, soldier in the Revolutionary War, contain
three volumes forming a portion of a journal kept in letter form.
Subjects of comment in the journals include George Washington's
reviewing and entertaining Indian chiefs in New Jersey; the French
Army stationed at Newport, Rhode Island; the Benedict Arnold affair;
the battles of King's Mountain, North Carolina, and Yorktown,
Virginia; problems of discipline in the Continental Army; troop
movements; social affairs; counterfeiting and the depreciation of the
currency; and service in North Carolina. [This material has been
published in the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography,
vols. 20-21 (1896-1897).]

Family, business, personal, and political correspondence of John Rutherfoord
(1792-1866), lawyer, merchant, and governor of Virginia, 1841-1842;
of his son, John Coles Rutherfoord (1825-1866), lawyer, planter, and
member of the House of Delegates; of Ann Seddon (Roy) Rutherfoord
(1832-1906?), wife of John Coles Rutherfoord; and of Thomas
Rutherfoord (1766-1852), father of John Rutherfoord, and Richmond
merchant. Early papers are those of Isaac Holmes, assistant
quartermaster at Petersburg, Virginia, chiefly from Richard Claiborne
concerning provisions for Revolutionary soldiers; and of James Webb,
apparently a lawyer of Smithfield, Virginia, having connections with
John Marshall, Spencer Roane, and John Wickham, consisting of legal
correspondence and papers. The papers of Thomas Rutherfoord include a
letter, 1810, expressing objections to the embargo and an article,
1812, on the necessity of a navy to protect the maritime rights of
the United States.

Papers of John Sevier (1745-1815), officer during the American Revolution
and first governor of Tennessee, including a letter, 1787, from
Richard Caswell, governor of North Carolina, concerning their land
speculation in Tennessee, trials for fraud in the purchase of army
supplies, a copy of a memorial sent in 1812 to the North Carolina
legislature by Sevier and Isaac Shelby, first governor of Kentucky,
requesting that the Assembly honor its commitment to grant the two
men the sword and pistols that it had voted them for their services
in the battle of King's Mountain, and the reply from John Steele; and
routine papers concerning legal matters.

William Smallwood Letters, 1780. 2 items.

Collection consists of letters from Smallwood (1732-1792), U.S. major general in the
Revolutionary War, relating to the need for food and supplies for his
troops, then on duty in N.C.; and describing the strength of the
Tories in western N.C.

Samuel Stirk Papers, 1782-1784. 3 items. Savannah, Ga.

Papers of Samuel Stirk, attorney general for Georgia in 1782, pertaining to
business and legal questions arising from the presence of Loyalists
in Savannah. Included are documents dealing with the terms given
British merchants by General Anthony Wayne and the Georgia assembly
on the evacuation of the British forces from Savannah.

Papers of Edward Telfair, governor of Georgia and delegate to the
Continental Congress, concern various legal matters including
transfer of property, settlement of estates, and recovery of property
seized by the British in the Revolution; business affairs, including
letters relating to the British market for tobacco and indigo, and
correspondence with a British merchant about the marketing of rice;
politics and the political situation after the election of 1800.
Volumes in the collection include a receipt book, 1764-1782; a letter
book, 1769-1770, containing business correspondence with a London
merchant; a daybook, 1775-1781, of Edward Telfair and Company; and a
daybook, 1775-1782, and ledger, 1773-1793, of the firm of Cowper and
Telfair.

Charles Thomson Papers, 1779-1788. 5 items. Philadelphia, Pa.

Miscellaneous documents signed by Charles Thomson (1729-1824), secretary of the
Continental Congress. Included is an extract from the minutes of the
Congress, resolutions, and other documents respecting each state's
quota of money to be paid into the treasury; reorganization of the
commissary department of the army; South Carolina and Georgia
territorial claims; and a letter from Thomas McKean accepting an
appointment to serve on a court convened to hear a question between
the states of South Carolina and Georgia.

John Twiggs Papers, 1781-1786. 5 items. Richmond County, Ga.

Papers of John Twiggs, officer in the American Revolution and Indian
fighter, include a letter, 1781, to Twiggs from James Jackson
concerning an attack on the British near Ogeechee, Georgia; a letter
from Twigg to a merchant relating to clothing for his slaves; and a
letter, 1786, to Twigg from Jared Irwin, asking for help against the
Creek Indians along the Oconee River.

William Tyler Papers, 1799. 5 items. Augusta (Richmond County), Ga.

Correspondence of William Tyler, probably a British merchant in America, commenting
on trade, transportation, and Loyalist property in Georgia.

Miscellaneous papers of George Walton (1741-1804), lawyer, delegate to the
Continental Congress, 1776-1781, governor of Georgia, 1779 and 1789,
chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, 1783-1786 and 1793, and
U. S. senator, 1795-1796. A copy of a treatise, 1781, signed by
Walton, William Few, Jr., and Richard Howley, favors the maintenance
of close ties between the northern colonies and South Carolina and
Georgia, then controlled by the British, and emphasizes the strategic
and economic importance of the southern colonies to an independent
American confederation. a proclamation issued by Walton requiring
state officials to take the oath of allegiance to the U. S.
Constitution; two letters, 1789, from George Washington, one
transmitting acts for establishing the U. S. Treasury Department and
the taking of a census, and one enclosing the proclamation of a
general day of thanksgiving; a letter, 1789, from Henry Knox
requesting information concerning veterans in Georgia eligible for
government pensions; and a document, 1790, listing the proceedings
and practices to be followed by the superior courts in Georgia; a
letter, 1790, from Thomas Jefferson sending copies of acts
authorizing the first census, revising the naturalization laws, and
appropriating government funds for 1790.

John Williams Papers, 1775-1824. 17 items. Granville County, N.C.

Papers of John Williams, colonel in the North Carolina militia during the
American Revolution, relating chiefly to the Transylvania Company and
to the Revolution. Included are letters from William Johnston
discussing the procurement of powder and provisions for the colonial
troops in 1775, and the election of his brother, Richard Henderson,
and Williams to represent the area at the Continental Congress; and a
letter, 1776, from Bromfield Ridley pertaining to the raising of
troops in North Carolina and the plan to prevent the Tories from
joining the British governor in the state.

Papers of William Augustine Washington consisting of receipts and
correspondence concerning real estate transactions and other business
matters; account of Dr. Thomas Thomson with Washington for medical
services rendered, 1787-1793; and a printed letter, 1775, from
Patrick Henry to John Augustine Washington, father of William
Augustine Washington's wife, Jane, encouraging patrols to prevent
slaves from defecting to the British.

John Wereat Papers, 1779-1798. 10 items. Savannah, Ga.

Letters of John Wereat, governor of Georgia and member of the first
provincial congress of Georgia, concern the release of an imprisoned
Loyalist, 1779; the ratification of the Federal Constitution by the
Georgia convention in 1788; and the sale of western lands in Georgia,
1794.

Sir James Wright Papers, 1756-1781. 18 items. Savannah, Ga.

Papers of Sir James Wright, royal governor of Georgia, contain official
papers, relating mainly to the settlement of estates. Also contains
an address to Wright by loyalists in Georgia concerning the
activities of Georgia patriots.

Robert Yates Papers, 1776. 1 item. Albany (Albany County), N.Y.

Facsimile of orders from Robert Yates (1738-1801), lawyer, judge, and
Revolutionary patriot, to New York recruiting officers of the
Continental Army.

John Joachim Zubly Papers, 1773-1777. 4 items. Savannah, Ga.

Papers of John Joachim Zubly (1725-1781), Presbyterian minister and Georgia
Tory, include a letter from a committee concerning the uniting of the
American colonies to preserve their liberties; letters dealing with
legal matters; and a land indenture.